Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1929, Page 8

- 8 THE EVENING STAR | ctiaracter o With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . ..November 28, 1020 | authorized by lew, there was genuine regret that the plans for bullding up THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor | the merchant marine should be threat- ———————————______lened. Now that the interdepartmental msnnhxsmNcgmmCmmy committee on ocean mail contracts has st."and Penniaivanta Ave. adopted a program, it should be put into chicaeo Ofics’ Lake Michiean Rutlgjse. | effect as speedily as possible. European Ofice; 14 Regent St.. London: | quires modification, that is something the Government and the ship owners should attend to promptly. It is not the part of ‘wisdom for tha Govern- Rate by the City. ‘The Eveninz Carrier Within Star.. ai Suno An randa; 65¢ per month The Sunday Star .. “3¢ per coby Collection made at the end of each mon’h. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Maryland and rgi would be reprehensible for the shipping companies to seek to obtain from the Government benefits in the way of mail contracts and at the same time not do % their full share toward building up the 40c | merchant marine. A revolving fund amounting to some Daits g Bencar ve 11200 T mas $1,00 | $250,000,000 is suthorised by law to be Daily only ... 90; 1Mo 435 [ loaned to the shipbuilders at & low rate S of interest to aid in their building pro- Member of the Associated Press. grams. This fund and the large ocean Press is exclusively entitled 10 Ehe e 101 Sepusiication of 411 Bews € | mail contracts are the instrumentalities e ‘Ute for republication o ws Gls- Patches tredited £o It O mot Otherwise cred e Ted in his paper and local rews | adopted by Congress to bring about an Dublished herein. - All also .he Ijshts of publication ot special dispatches herein are also reservi Advance. nia. . | upbuilding of the merchant marine. It would be a misfortune if they were no utilized. - The shipbuil rogras * pro- In 4 sery special sense the Amerlean | poceq 1y i ‘;‘::::m’: Mok I the cbats | ::;”;:eex‘;:l‘:::’d“; ‘;‘1‘; ‘3::;“:‘}‘2;‘ which the administration has planned accordance with a Jong tradition ;hey e A hor ek i i this period of readjustment following are thankful particularly that they have | tne recent upheaval of the stock mar ?:]el:“i:-rm Irotr)r: lnneconon;k;h disaster | kgt 1t the program is carrled through, g upon the collapse of the over-|y shoulg supply American shipyards inflated stock market. They are grate- | with g tremendous amount of work. ful that the sound sense of the business leaders and the Federal administrators A : prevailed to prevent a collapse of trade| 1he Southern Bridge Approach. and industry when the artificial values| Virginia’s apparent delay in deciding of securities broke and a state of panic | UPOn plans for constructing its highway prevailed for a time. approach to the Arlington - Memorial When the stock list was being turned | Bridge .has been generally blamed on upside down and securities were being | the State. 'But the conference a few sacrificed in a wild endeavor to curtail | 48Ys 2go between Virginia highway losses, only to bring about further de- | officials and Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, sheds clines and more sacrifices ard more | NEW light on the subject. It develops losses, there was danger that this state | that the real stumbling block is- not of mind, this sense of insecurity, might | Virginia’s indecision, but the military spread beyond the range of the specula- | Teservation at Fort Myer. As matters tive public and set in motion a veritable | W stand Virginia may be forced .to countrywide business reaction. Such an | start construction of the new Lee epidemic of fear would have cost in-|Boulevard from the Western boundary calculably. Fortunately there were|Of the reservation, leaving to Federal means available to check the stampede | Officials the task of providing a con- in the stock market before this general | Necting link with the bridge or giving apprehension developed. Concerted buy-| Virginia's Highway Commission the ing orders by great interests stopped the | T80t to provide such s connection. downward rush and this gave sufficient| Last Spring Virginia attempted to ob- pause to permit the adoption of |tain from the War Department a rev- measures guaranteeing an increased em- ocable permit for constructing a por- ployment of labor and production of [ tion of the Lee Boulevard through the goods and therefore an increase in the | FOTt Myer reservation. The law does b the buying disposition | R0t .permit Virginia to build a road o:y‘un\f ::;f,;_“ e buying disposition] " jand to which 1t lacks title, But The country i thankful todsy that| ViTSinia's intention was to o in the great crisis sound judgment pre- | Fevocable permit and rend b 'le;k l::; vailed in Government and in busingss, | ¥ation from Congress that, would m: that the emergency was recognized in| ‘" PETTPEIOERE | L L season and checked by practical meas-| me" vt m;e:,iuumr:l'wm ures. A little hesitancy, a lack of open | 10 the Pt o FUMAT Teanons. expression of confidence on the part of A Plan 5 firolees TN 4o y,e. those in high responsible positions, and | 2% Foute lvoes YIght ot ‘way." Ok genuine panic would have followed the | TUri"8 .x:.‘d::a“:u‘ed intormally that actflal pante” tn- the specuative| COR L e howerer: The country is thanktul that there| 0 LSOO oo t0 was at this crisis in the White House A Real Thanksgiving. I it Te- | ment to make excessive demands of the ; for | ship companies. On the other hand, it | sirangers,” who happen io be women, | first of all. & man of calm, sound judgment, & man of business experience, with the capacity of clear perception and quick decisive action. His summons of the leaders of finance, of industry, of labor and of agriculture to a series of conferences that required for the highway construc- tion through the military reservation. This matter is now being given ton- sideration. Work is. progressing rapldly on the bridge. Within a few months. there should be definite decision on the Southern approaches, .As this is a joint undertaking between Virginia and the Federal Government - there should - be little difficuity in finding a practical compromise. e e The Water Front Plan. Artistic development of Washington's neglected water front has been urged, without appreciable progress, for many long years. It is with real satisfaction, therefore, that one notes the tangible efforts revealed By the report on the water front plans prepared by the United States engineer for this district and approved by the Chief. of Engineers. Undertaken at the request of Congress in 1925, the completed plans should now take their place as one of the' major features in the great program for adequate beautification of the Capital. The plans ‘have already been ap- proved by the District’ Commissioners and the Director of Public Bufldings and Public Parks. Their effect would be -not only to make Washington's . . water front attractive, but to provide for Advance American Shipping. a commercial development along the Ocean mail contracts, paying the|river and harbor that would stimulate contractors $10,000,000 annually, are industry without marring the schemes soon to be awarded if the plans of the| ¢ oyr park and parkway planners. Post Office Department and of the| ne lack of such plans has made the Shipping Board are carried out. 1In-|ciys water front the grotesque jumble volved in the contracts is the construc- | ynat it 15 todsy. Industrial develop- tion of many new ocean liners, all t0 { mont has been encouraged on the ‘Grie be operated under the American flag, 'nang, but criticized on the other for and all to be built in American ship- its possible confiict with hagy- and -un- yards. The American shipping indus-’ ¢ .meq park projects. Industry has try is at last to be given the impetus been willing enough to co-operate, but which it has awaited sinc: the close | oo hos been mothing very tangible of the World War. with which to co-operate. y The award of these mail contracts| yoyoiner or mot the immediate fu- has been held up for several months| . .. wi see the adoption of Maj. pending a thorough canvass of the sit-| g0 veirs water front plans, the plans uation by the Government agencles. The | ¢ jeqqt exist and have been approved Government, it is announced, is ready by the proper authorities. If a few now to proceed. It should proceed with years intervene before work begins to as little measure of delay as possible. | oorry tpom ‘out, there is.at least & Further, while the Government is justi- guarantée that no_ positive action will fled in laying down conditions which | PRCIE Ll ntorm. will bring about the greatest possible | *po i naring the cost Between development of the American overseas | o " "o Che hoped that the merchant marine, it is clear that it . t ernments can should not lay down conditions which | Federal and District gov might make impossible the fulfililment of the contracts because of demands for too great outlays on the part of the in control of wealth shipping companies. The hope may be|, ', 'mnxmm “: a scientific study of expressed, however, that the representa- st by which it may be made avail- tives of the Government and the ship- Ay e et ping companies will be able to resch | "D 10F the needs of & uman! War on Two Fronts. 32tisfactory agreements. 3 T , & deman be::m:.:: :fpom owners o: hz: Yesterday, by either accident or de- United States Lines, Inc., for the con- | $}n, American and British w‘t’rmzn. struction of three giant liners of 45:000 | conducting the eternal battle for “equal . tons each and the construction of four | Fights” between . the sexes, . cleared 20,000-ton liners with a speed of twenty { simultaneously for action in new flelds. knots per hour, and, for the American | At London all woman members of the Merchant Line service to London, four | House of Commons except, the Ducheas more liners of 12.000 tons each with a | of Atholl addressed “Mr. Speaker”. in & speed of eighteen knots. Protest has|more or less vehement protest in con- ~ecse m.Qe, it 1 sala. by the represent- | nection’ with the famous d'-lfihl\ll“hfld zuives of the knes to ihe Government's | strangers’ gallery. The lady M. P.'s ob- demand for such a large outlay. The | Ject to its reservation, as it has been purpose of the Government obviously tmmemz:r:lly reserved, exclusively for is 1> bring about the development of as | mere men. fine an wvzemas merchant marine flying | . In Washington, while this blow wak th> American fla as may be had. This | being struck by and for tire newly en- is a patriotic purpose. The United States | franchised sisters, Mra. Florence Bayard should never allow itself again to be|Hilles of Delaware hit out at an an- without a merchant marine adequate | cient sex discrimination in the United 10 carry its share of the huge overseas States. Mrs. Hilles, who is vh?e chaifr- commerce of this country and of such’ man of the“National Woman's party, A furnished the means of stabilizing conditions. This is therefore a real Thanksgiving day, a day of gratitude. It is as though the country had been spared from a disastrous war, from a pestilence, from some overwhelming visitation of nature. The possibilities were plainly discernible. ‘The “makings” of paralyzing panic were visible, tangihle and real. It was & con- dition and not a theory that confronted the national community. —————————— Perhaps the so-called crime wave ‘would not seem so serious if each com- munity were allowed to study its own crimes, undisturbed by the intrusions of harrowing details from all over the map. ———e———————— Experiments in Germany promise a syst:m of mummification that will in- sure preservation for a thousand years. Just what the practical benefit would be to anybody is mot made positively clear. layed project within ——— vt THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, challenges the decennial custom of in- cluding housewives under the “no oc- cupation” classification. The Census. Bureau ruling on this score is assailed as.“an indignity to which women who value themselves and their work should not submit.” It is demanded that housewives be classified as “home- makers.” N ‘The question raised in London does not begin to measure up in fundamental importance with that projected - in ‘Washington. Women may sit in_the |publlc galleries of the House of Com- ,mons, .as well as. in .a.special gallery “ladies.” Even ‘“distinguished can be, and are, invited, now and then, to sit in the highly exclusive little gal- lery over which the Speaker of the House has control. It is a more or less constitutional disabifity which the Brit- ish woman M. P.’s want removed, whereby, automatically, members of their sex are.inadmissible to the “dis- tinguished strangers’” gallery. They are unwilling to consider that a distin- guished woman stranger is ipso facto barred from that select sector of the House. Doubtless ways and means will ‘be found to remedy the situation with- out setting the adjacent Thames afire. As to “hdusewives” vs. “homemakers” in the American census, that is some- thing else. The issue is not at all likely to_be as easily composed as the gallery squabble at Westminster Hall. A Sen- ate investigation may be necessary to determine whether the man who puts up the weekly allowance, or the hand that hurls the rolling-pin, is the one that rocks the cradle. “What is home without a mother?” runs an old and revered copy-book maxim and cross- stitched motto which hung on many a Yankee living-room wall in pre-radio days. But if an issue is seriously raised on Capitol Hill as to just what constitutes the “homemaker,” some poor wretch of a domestic “Joe” Grundy is extremely likely to seek a hearing before a Senate inquisitorial body, present the frag- ments of his pay envelope after the bulk of its contents has been handed over to the missus, and then demand a com- mittee ruling as to just exactly who is who around the house. It is clearly possible that Man will rise in all his might and majesty and declare that he is It. ——eeea ‘While politiclans are talking of the ponderous elephant and the romping jackass Secretary Davis calls attention to the moose as an animal emblematic of non-partisan philanthropy. — e A colonial house in Alexandria is likely to look better where it is than it would look in Mr. Ford's Dearborn mu- seum. —_— e Through many meetings of Congress it has been customary to refer to the tariff as unfinished business. ———— Recovery of values in the stock mar- ket asserted themselves just in time to give Thanksgiving especial significance. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Great Cause for Gratitude. Still we complain of sorrowing Such.as all mortals share— Thanksgiving day once more will bring A freedom from all care, And for a little while we see The world in glad array; And we will give, let's all agree, ‘Thanks for Thanksgiving day. Tariff Worry. “Does the tarifft worry you?” “A great deal” answered Senator Sorghum. “I couldn’t eat my Thapks- giving dinner without figuring on the tax each item on the menu ought to Jud Tunkins says he thinks children should be taught there is & Santa Claus, so that Le can shift the blame if: the presents don't measure up to expectations. *e The Admirable Personage. A liberal feast brings joy complete. ' Abundance is desired, But he who does not overeat Is most to be admired. The Old Hunting Ground. “The early settler used to go out and shoot. & turkey for dinner.” “Different now. Since the city has replaced the woods, the gunner car- ries a small weapon and takes some- body for a ride.” The Whisper of the Snow. ‘The snow came sparkling light and proud, ;. ' And bade ‘us cease repining. It whispered “I'm from yonder cloud ** That has the silver lining.” N “A good dinner with true friends,” said Hi Ho, the Sage of Chinatown, “represents one¢ of the greatest successes life can promiise.” Promissory Melody. I thought I heard a tuneful bird, But mine was greater luck. ‘Two songsters gay my hopes had stirred, A turkey and a duck! “A hoss race,” said Uncle Eben, “is full o' happy dreams foh lots o' folks. Only a few of 'em ever come true.” o 'Wou_'. Sort of Noise. From the Butte Daily Post. New York is conducting a question- naire to find out which is the worst of its 26 different kinds of noise. Our vote goes to the crash in the stock market. —————————— Why He Did It. From the Des Moines Sunday Register™ Because a batch of his home brew “turned out bad,” a Los Angeles man committed suicide. One is inclined to suspect that he had been indulging in too much of a preceding “batch.” e e Won’t Stay Locked In. From the Dayton Daily News. A Chicago woman found & key in her husband’s pocket and got a divorce. Showing that/ Jove doesn’t always laugh at locksmiths. Panhandler’s Touch. Prom the Louisville Courier-Journal. The touch of Winter and that of the dler are usually synchronous. - —_— If Any Are Living. From the Tetre Haute Star. Perhaps the work of the world might be pramoted if Russia and Mexico could arrange an exchange of defeated can- didates D. C., THURSDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. J. Jefferson Jones was a sedate, middle-aged gentleman who sported a trim white beard, gold eyeglasses and a cane. He invariably held the door open for everybody else. In permitting him- self the pleasure of entering last he played no favorites. Unlike some polite men,* who failto take off their hats when old colored women entir . elevators, J. Jefferson Jones rather took his off for that sort A telegraph messenger boy got to go- through Jones-held doors quite as ex- peditiously as a bank president. Rank or_its lack made no difference to him. It was the action itself which pleased him, and those of his friends who knew his innate honesty of mind knew, too, that he made no display of it. Some who stood s0 umgulnudy while others entered doors might have been accused of ostentation, but no one who knew J. J. Jones could have thought the action anything more than of his cl strictly in the trimness of his whiskers. * kK ok Mr. Jones had several deep-seated aversions of which he spoke little, be- cayse he was a kind-heaterd man, as might be suspected, who had rather suffer himself than cause others chagrin. Legitimate protests against what, he considered plain nuisances more often than not brought anger rather than chagrin. Chagrin is something which connotes a certain willingn on the part of others to be critic! . Jones had dis- covered, as the result of several years of consecutive living on this sphere, that criticism of any nature to many human beings was like waving the well known red flag at a bull. Jones had read somewhere that it was not the color which aroused the ire of bulls, but rather the disconcerting ncufin involved in the hand waving itself. Criticism of humans offered no such complications. It was no sooner spoken than the one attacked aroused to re- pulsion, no matter how justified was the complaint. In fact, the more truth there was to it, the larger the resentment and the more vigorous the counter attack. * ok ok ¥ Jefferson Jones hugged close to his heart his secret annoyance at children. He realized that the welfare of the race demanded them, but sometimes he wondered to himself if it demanded quite as many of them as it got. In the neighborhood where Jones lived it seemed that no one could J. a part line with | child. move in without a ticket or two of this character. ‘The result was that Jones often fancied himself living in a play- ground. From sunup to sundown there was a perpetual roar in the air, a combina- tion of screams, yells, wagon wheels, roller skate wheels, bouncing balls, Jones admired the straight limbs of the little ones, and their ability to go hatless in any weather, but sometimes he wondered why they made so much noise about it. * k% * “Dear little rascals,” said Jones to himself. “They kick tin cans as- siduously because they want to be famous halfbacks when they grow up, America looks across the Rio Grande with sympathy and satisfaction as Mex- ico settles down under her new Presi- dent, Pascual Ortiz Rublo. - While the bullets which here and there inter- spersed the ballots receive some com- jment, as a whole such mention as there is remains frank, friendly and under- standing. Estimating the victory of the Mexican National Revolutionary » to which President-elect Rubio belongs, as highly desirable from the American point of view, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle says: “President-elect Rubio will carry on the policies of Obregon, Calles and Portes Gil, including friendly co-operation with the United States. His position is well established, he is strong enough to overcome revolutionary movements, and he is sufficiently experienced in govern- ment affairs to meet lems which confront the country.” The New York Evening World declares that under these three predecessors of Rubio “real progress has made toward the pacification of the country and the betterment of social, political and eco- nomic conditions. To the outside world, therefore,” continues this paper, “the election of Senor Rubio seems a tri- umph for progress.” The Kansas City Star finds cause for gratification in that “the new Mexican executive is to continue the policies of a lely ex- anded public education system, of road ding, of diffused land ownership and more scientific farming, of promoting international trade relations and good will, of temperance and still other re- forms the insuguration of which has distinguished the Gil-Calles. re- e,” and this paper predicts that “under his leadership Mexico may be expected to continue its marked progress of the last few years.” * Kk ok % ‘There seems to be confidence that the defeated candidate, who was also a man of ability, will accept the decision at the golls, although he has already made nown his belief that there were irregu- larities. “The most unfortunate thing that could happen to Mexico at this time would be a recurrence of armed strife,” in the opinion of the Providence Journal, which hopes that “the anti- Rubio elements will not carry their charges to the point of plotting a mili- tary demonstration against the ‘new re- gime when it comes into office.” Th Fort Worth Record-Telegram also con- siders that “a revolution fomented by political malcontents would be a serious setback to several uninterrupted years of real pi .” As to the defeated candidate the South Bend Tribune says: sl Yoo b ot el y. He is s politically, and is known to have intense personal ambition. If the post-election state- ments of the Vasconcelos faction are to be taken at their face value, the Rubio government will be confronted with op- position which may take a military turn. However,” continues the Tribune, “ lll’r and Gil have demonstrated their abil- ity to quell military uprisings, and with them behind him Rubio may assume the presidency with considerable confi- dence. * ok ok * “The apparent extent and violence of the disorder characterizing the Mexican election, while deplorable, is no ground for pessimism,” says the New Orleans Item, as it declares that “ le learn hard and slowly the simple tricks of the popular democracy that chooses its servants by free ballot and then accepts the result in silence, i1y | 48 progress that 's weathered campaign without any ing assassingted, which is an im- | provement on ‘the old methods,” and notes that in this country “we have these minor riots ourselves, although probably not so bloody and fatal as a rule to the participants as in Mexico. ‘The Memphis Commercial al de- scribes the election as “a mild affair compared with the bloody history of Mexican politics in the past,” and the Asheville Times remarks: - “If in this United States,’ land of’ the free, it 2 not unknown - for those in comman of the election machinery to deal some- the pre-electios bet the difficult prob- | sirable what sternly with theiropponents, let North America not judge too harshi: the violence and mortality which marks the elections of Mexico,” although, as the Manchester Union. puts - 1% “all Y | Prom the Ban Antonio and get their pictures in all the pa- pers. It is something in the modern world to be able to kick a ball farther than any one else can kick it. “They scream so, far into the night, because they want to be able to broad- cast cheap popular songs for $3,000 e night when they grow up. Who wouldn't? “Who am I to hamper them in their careers? And yet sometimes it seems pretty tough, as they would say, that I have to put up with this racket day after day, when all I want is to be let alone.” So Jones came to the conclusion that the easiest way out would be to move. He had been around to other com- munities, and had never seen s0 many children, nor heard one-tenth as much noise in them. Surely there was In Gilead! * ok kK ad! 8o he decided to move to Gilead and be done with it. On repeated visits he had not seen a The house he selected was set back balm | “The NOVEMBER - 28, 1929. !Hitchcock’s Death Ends Unique Stage Career To the Editor of The Star: The passing. of Raymond Hitchcock brings to & close a musical comedy star unique in yesteryear theatricals. His unique personality, rather than genius, made him one of the most popular stars, Always surrounded by beautiful women, he had little difficulty in holding the spotlight by a line of extemporancous repartee or quips that fitted the temper of his audience. This was probably the principal reason for his success, since he was never a student of stereotyped lines and would nightly convulse his company as well as his audience with a remark that had nothing to do wlthl the plot of the play. He used to play an annual engagement with us at the Columbia Theater in such successes “Kihg Dodo,” “The Yank Man Owns “Hitchy K the lobby well from the street, with & nice yard | going to in- the rear, and neighbors none too close on the sides. Jones inspected the house personally several times, and each owas amazed by the utter quiet which pre- vailed. | After the hullabaloo, which existed in Notseville, Gllead offered a startling contrast, There were three or four lit- tle girls across the street, sedately play- Ing with dolls, but when they saw Jones they stopped still, and looked at him without making a sound. Jones thought he would get along very ;?fiely with the quiet, well behaved little s. “Good morning!” he said, with his blandest smile. - mornin’ yourself!” said one. “Ah!” exclaimed J. Jefferson Jones. ok Jones ought to have taken warning, from - that innocent greeting, but he was a kindly, a polite man, as we have indicated. He was so sure that there was peace and quiet in Gilead that he went back to the house he had about selected, in order to take a final look at it before signing on the celebrated dotted line. It happened to be Saturday morning, but Jones had forgotten that, if he had ever known it. As he went up the street, the birds were singing in the trees, and playful little insects buzzing in the shrubbery. “As quiet as a farm,” breathed Jones 2 on his n the little birds Crash! Bang! As_Jones opened the front door he heard the merry clatter of feet. Yells and screams greeted him. Down the 'staircase, smearing dirt$ hands along the fresh wall paper, came a pack of youngsters. ‘The four quiet little girls, led by three goyx. ran merrily past J. Jefferson ones, “No, we won't get out, either,” said one, as the prospect asked them to “You don’t own this house!" ‘When Jones returned to Noiseville, he admitted to himself that the children were right. He not only didn’t own the house, but he rather suspected he never would. If one had to be noisy to be happy, one might as well do it right in Noiseville, where life was one grand, loud song. U. S. Voices Friendly Welcome To Mexico’s New President Americans are interested in seeing the llot supersede the bullet south of the Rlo Grande and a stable, honest, repre- sentative zovem‘m:nt'uubunhed there.” * ‘That such a government is slowly ris- ing out of the ashes of discarded revo- lutionary methods is the belief of many editors. One important fact is pointed out by the St. Louis Times when it says: . “The vote cast is believed to have approximated a million larger total than that of any contest at the polls previ- ously held in Mexico. Pascual Ortiz Rubio will assume office with the elec- torate behind his triumphant car.” Of the newly elected president the Detroit News says, “He has the clvillap mind and temperament, yet he is not lacking in military background, a fact which guarantees for his administration a de- degree of permanence.” The Scranton Times notes that “President- elect Rubio is, like our own President Hoover, a civil engineer. He was for- merly governor of Micl k> In- clanapolls News considers Rubio well fitted for ‘the high office to which he has' been elected, calling attention to' the fact that he has.served “in two of his nation’s cabinets, as governor of one of the states, and in the diplomatic Fervice” Merchants Give Furs Their Proper Names Prom the Elmira Star-Gazette. To end an ambiguous, if not un- ethical, situation the of Boston ve agreed to name all furs from what they are—muskrat, skunk, rabbit, mole, etc. This at once gives to valuable pelts an added value, and dissolves the fog ‘which har = over a business where fancy names s : likely to delude the unwary. ‘The Better Business Bureau of Bos- ton, in announcing this departure and adding praise to the furriers for their traightforward stand,” calls attention to a considerable modern movement toward truth in advertising and selling. All-wool today means exactly what it says. Linen is now linen, and not cot- ton. Rayon is no longer fiber silk. And 0 on. The one-price system and . the plain marking .of fabrics and furs have done much to place merchandizing on a high pga,e and to facilitate business trans- actions. Advertising on Radio Faces Disadvantage Makers of nationally sold products using radio broadcasting as an adver- tising device are likely to get their fingers burned if they yield much fur- ther to temptation and to crowd more out and out sales talks into their Pprograms. The logical hope of radio advertis- ing is to build up good will on the part of listeners by giving them a fine U interrupt such ith '0-interrupt such a program with ap- peals for purchases or arguments about the quality of the product irritates most listeners, and instead of creating a friendly feeling for the advertised goods, &:at tend to create an aversion for m. Radio bmdmtl:gl ut a silk hat on the old-time medic! hoo. The advertiser who tries to fill his broadcast program full of sales talk oing to find he has knocked the Minneapolis Star. He Wants the Whole Road. Prom the Duluth Herald. A road hog is a driver who tries to crowd you out of the center of the high- way. Those Farewell Tours. From the Des Moines Tribune-Capital. ‘The talkies came in so fast that many stage stars didn't have a chance to make farewell tours. — Just a Bit Too Soon. Express. . _That aviator who landed on a Seattle Yoof is only & few years ahead of the tlmea. tic chapeau into ihe mud—The | J and then he would spring a new one on his company as well as his audience which never failed to go over. ‘When he first became & star he compelled to share the honors with his wife, Flora Zabelle, an outstanding beauty of the brunette type, who acted as a foil for his wit. I was more than surprised to read that, whatever else he might have been, and as an excep- tion in the theatrical business, they clung together until “death do us part,” since he expired on the shoulder of his wife at the end of an automobile ride. Flora Zabelle was an Armenian snd her father, Rev. M. M. Manassarian, conducted the funeral services, after which his wife took l:ll ashes to be Before he went on the s “Hitchy” was employed . clc]rkml; the Wanamaker store in He had been fired several times, but talked his way back, until eventually the break was final. After he had be- come a Broadway -star, Thomas B. Wanamaker sought a stage introduc- tion to him, saying: “I remember you, Mr. Hitchcock. You used to work for me.” “Yes,” returned Hitchy, “I re- member you. You fired me.” After he went broke in 1921, he said: “A. true artist always goes broke. That's the reason I'm a true artist.” W. J. DWYER. Answers English On Colonial House To the Editor of The Star: ‘The comment of Richard B. that it was his quire an example of early architecture for Mr. Ford is not in - ing with the articles published in ‘Washington newspapers of November 24. Nor is the text of the ne merely to ac- con ‘as | Wotel, We retail s (000 and $300,000,000. Sales durin English Boston ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. it devoted . You have organiza- serve you in any ity that relates to information. your tion, your name and address clearly, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening Star Information Bu- reau, Frederick J. Haskin, director, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. How many department stores are there in the United States?—C. J. G. A. There are about 5,000 department stores in this country. Q. Of what candlepower is the bea- on_the roof of the Wardman Park , D. C.2—H. T. 8. ‘The 36-} beacon on the roof this hotel has 10,000,000 candle- . In conjunction with the light jector of 8,000, 1 wl.nm southeast to Boll- o forms used in shay the fingers -of the gloves—are to be seen. Q. What did Socrates write?—C. W. A. He wrote nothing, but his doctrines are believed to be preserved in the writings of Plato and Xenophon, Q. What is the story of the grave of the amiable child, near Grant’s Tomb?—M. H. R. A. Near Grant’s Tomb, on the edge of the bluff, is a little monument, m: Ing the grave of “an amiable child.” The inscription has been blurred by passing time, but it may still be read: “Erected to the memory of an amiable child, St. Claire Pollock. Died 15th July, 1797, th the ffth year of his age. ‘Man that is born of a woman is of few years and born to trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth as a shadow and continueth not.’ At the time referred to this was called Strawberry Hill, and here was the country home of George Pol- lock, a New York merchant. Shortly after, he falled in business and was forced to sell, and went to England. In a letter to Mrs. Guilan ver Planck, un- der date of January 18, 1880, is the the | record of the child's grave. opinion that the total salesof toys at & will amount to between ‘260.0!&; 8 =hristmas season are estimated between €0 per cent and 75 per cent of total sales, In his opinion the peak is a little lower than it is erally considered to be, alr estimate would be 65 per the total sales. Q. Did the actress, Lotta Crabtree, leave a large estate?—F. M. A. Lotta Crabtree died in 1024, leav- ing $4,000,000, her entire estate, to charity. : ’ Q. Is licorice grown commercially in this country?—F. 8. A It {I.lll not b;('ame L) :'u&:umgl commercial crop. grows over large- areas in Spain, Italy, Southern Russia, Asia Minor and Southern Asia. This country, however, uses quantities of licorice. Ninety per cent of it finds its way into the tobacco industry, about 5 per cent into confectionery and about 5 per cent into medicine, . Its cipal medicinal use is to disguise the taste of acrid drugs. Q. How many people are the United States?—S8. G. A. The prison over 90, { . means’ wmmlmdmmmflmun incarcerated. in prison in Q. When were the steam drill and steam shovel invented?—P. H. A. The steam drill was first made by J. J.-Couch in l’hllldzlph'I; in 1849. Ve acquire that he had no desire to Alexandria landmar] an k. One or more of the newspaper articles specifically men- | hag Ramsa) tioned the y house, at the corner of King and Fairfax streets, and the Carlyle House, in which Gedrge Wash- ington received his first military com- mission, as having strong appeal to Mr. If these reports were incorrect Mr. English should have taken steps to cor- rect them. However, at & late hour last night he had not done so. > t is all very well for Mr. English to brand the laudable efforts of Virginia citizens to safeguard the antiquities of the State as a publicity stunt. This is in keeping with the character of the an- accomplish its removal. JOHN B. GORDON. Urges That Anti-Smoke Statutes Be Enforced To_the Editor of The Star: Speaking of law enforcement, might it mot be a good idea to devote at least & small part of our native reforming zeal and energy to enforcing the anti- smoke laws? An overwhelming proportion of the governmontal forces of law and order, 50 called, seem to be concentrated on T Wit & Pint of whisky 1 hie o p & pi wl - Meanwhile, . all over town, black chimneys are beiching forth ‘smoke un- checked, like locomotives, breaking the law and injuring the health as well s the property of the entire gre‘l::unl!y by blotting out man’s best d, the Winter sun, though - we - buy ultra- i R B apparatus in = e effort / these lost natural benefits. "o, mepectors te 0 are available and naturally they cannot be every place at once. ‘THERESA RUSSELL. Health Foundation Makes Great Strides Prom the Houston Chronicle. Siws g Since 1913, when the- Rockefellers or- ganized their foundation to aid in the keeping of health the world over, $144,- 000,000 has been spent by that-organiga- tion. From nothing but an idea 16 years ago, the foundation has grown to be a world-wide = institution, with branches and workers in practically every country of the world, carrying the message of health to people who 'for centuries have known the fear-of recur- rent plagues. Last year the foundation spent $22,000,000. ‘The year's story is told in the annual report issued a in plain matter-of-fact s “Dahting dresdfis gevms:of disease ers from the tropics to polar - regions, some dying, some failing in their ap- &ln'.ed tasks, but all Mfifll_"fl'll:gl world to health. ‘The map which accom; the re- port tells the story of foundation perhaps much better than words could. and circles and other | are dots symbols on that map, which show the truly antic work the foundation is doing in scores of countries. Right here in the United States there are hundreds of workers M‘I&l:" in bet- tering rural health condi have attacked unsanitary conditions on the farms and in the citie: that every year a is enough to ki In Mexico, America and South America there are stations for the survey and control of hookworm, yellow fever and malaria. Across the Atlantic is Sematen, e Hiideye: Hopuch aiog jung] r. eyo May, 1928, a victim of scourge he himseif had done 'so much to elimi- nate—yellow fever. The same lmrn can be told of work in Europe, in Asia, in Australia, in the densely populated and semi-civilized is- lands of the great ocean, '%:ndln‘ back of the workers in the mymeshzl human scourges are being studied. —on—s. ‘Who’s Who? From the Atlanta Constitution. Since the Senate, in Winter D Vit quarters, is composed of polecats, elephants, donkeys and Tam. stand who 200 in Waghington, . They | circumstans the most notable | Q. How much money do spend lvi.nn, washing done in mhuflu1— s ST S ‘volume Mmlne- is um l?:m than $750,000,000. . Q. What was the vocation of Barbara Prliehu"':l.\uhnfi—w. D. and the wooden Q. Who are the men designated as the “Big Six” of Wall Street?—C. P, A. Albert H. Wiggin, W. C. Potter, Seward Prosser, Charles E. Mitchell, George F. Baker and Thomas W. La- mont comprise the “Big Six.” Q. What is the longest irfp *on loca- tion” made by a film company?— T. A. M. A. It is stated that when the motion picture unit which has been filming “Trader Horn” in Africa arrives in California, the longest mileage trip in motion picture history will have n covered, with a distance of 35,000 miles, Sailing from New York City to Africa, the company spent seven months in the Jjungle. From Mombasa the party proe ceeded to Lake Victoria through Tane ° gnyln Territory, thence to the ganda Protectorate to Lake Albert, Separate treks were made to the pygmy mntr{ou far west as Momfu and Barambo, in the Belgian Kongo, Q. Is Providence, R. I, directly north of the Pacific Ocean?—J. T. G. 4 A. 1t is directly north of the Pacifio Ivmu' Ocean where it borders the coast of 7 Q. What is the Trinity Church Core e 3 S e et lormepurmed “uumn i the Y, BT Ty e Ty st Own York City. around the p. Columbia, which left Boston September 30, 1787, and returned to Boston on August 10, . y are to eyt ive e 3 about six birds of average size mrnhhm'- ing one pound of feathers. Crime Law, Traffic and Stocks - Aid Raise in Pay for Police BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. NEW YORK.—The Baumes law, traf- fic congestion and the stock ‘market made n¢ ;‘1‘1 increase in pay 1?; policemen men, spokesmen for the movement whicx'x in city election, passed a constitutional :&nl-nt the minimum of W%m to $3,000 l;i year. Back of the of the erime and fire fllhum was an astute i :’S'fi"“zm;»?n'.i"‘ me ey of municipal some o other cities, some n:cpulhr to New York, but all affording, inciden- tally, & vast amount of information on the battle against disorder and danger in_American cities. A During the World -an police and firemen were receiving $1/200 per year. ‘Through long and iné®sant fight, by which they will now riwive more than- twice this amount, y have made small repeated gains, bi* resorting to-the referendum, rather than by an appeal to the city authorities. It was explained that success came only when they took the fight out of the fleld of politics. - Tuesday's victory, by which pay will be increased $500 per year, gave thé amendment a majority of 763,273. This places the average pay of New York pol.!gemm and firemen at about $500 higher than the average for other large American cities. * k% % One of the leaders of the fight was Joseph J. O'Reilly, joint secretary of mluflmfl' Benevolent Association and the -Unif Firemen's Associ- ation. Mr. O'Rellly, a veteran in police Tligent arid penetrating study of police ne g study of rml in their wider social applica- “The bull market of the last few years placed on the shoulders of the New York police force a tremendous burden,” said Mr. O'Rellly. “Never before at any time or plice in the history of the world was there such a . concentration of wealth as there was in New York. This brought to the city desperate crooks and gangsters: from all over the world. The ulz,uurdlng of the movement of billions of dollars of securities through the downtown city streets taxed police resources to the utmost. Flush times :hend easy ):mn:ly‘.‘ as ‘hl;l“ll. br':u(ht Pt;gc prowlers gangsters. - tecting the $55,000,000,000 of wealth in New York became more difficult every day. Financial swindling of all kinds came along with the rise in stocks. At :Ez-wm the police met new dim- “The Baumes law, passed several years ago, -brought a quick complication ot blems. A three-time of- fender, facing a life sentence if caught, has a light trij finger. The number of deaths of officers rose rapidly. Killers, pursued for even a compara- tively t offense, would shoot under ces which in the past never would have led them to use & gun. ok but it hinders police work in of criminals and Pire D?-r'.mmt work at fires. In the snarl of automobiles and with denser gm‘rx the u::nm the ahneu of a esca) are greal creased. Thll‘lltul:hflnnp lg]m. lofi‘:fl {h? - ment wi endless 'd work and brought to the front the necessity for 1l men. . “It was inevitable that ' in great cities, great concentration of Wealth, and the general quickened pace in the drive for money making should tend to stimulate disorder and crime. But, if habitual criminal statutes, like the Baumes law, are invoked to check this tendency, and other more or less desperate de- fensive measures are taken, the burden falls first of all on the police. It all means increased difficulty and danger for them, and our stand has been that the city could not continue to get men of sufficient capacity and cou to do this work unless it paid them adequate- ly. With the $2,500 minimum, the de- partment has been filling the list of ap- plicants as it came up each year. That ;:’ ;‘ bt.h‘: ;ltunt“zm zh‘en there are more applicants, possi get the best ‘:nen. e s * ok ok “All these events of the Iast few years have brought an increased pres- sure on individual policemen’s charac- ter and behavior. My own view is that the New York force has quite measured up to the general public standards of conduct, which it must inevitably re~ flect. In policemen, as with others, there is inevitably a regard for public policy as well as law. I do not believe that any such municipal problem as this should be considered apart from the general problem of prevailing public sanctions. “Ne vote of last Tuesday shows that ’he citizens indorse our view that our men are doing their work as faithfull; - mzvsongletlom. ly as nessible under try. “We began our appeas. ef dum to the voters back in 1935, ‘At this ime this was an unusual procedure and the Legislature passed the referen- dum bill with considerable m! ving. It was this measure which brought the pay to $2500, and many adjoining c“l‘::l m‘ l{iflewdh‘me]y dl.nm’ New Yor{ quickly followed, inclu Jersey Newark and Hobol R complicates and the pursuit Ing ken. “It is quite possible that had the raise Pay been a partisan issue in the city election we would not have obtained it. It would have been open to seizure by one candidate or the other and we would have drawn partisan hostility which we happily avoided by going di- rectly to the voters. In my opinion, other cities, having the problem of ting sufficient pay to attract compcgnt men to their fire and rronce forces, may profit by our experiment. Our real “Traffic congestion not only im dod. pos Durdens in s reguistion, ins came when we divorced the issue gom partisan politics.” (Copyright, 1929.) " Thanksgiving. Seed-time and harvest and the earth’s increase— Fruits gathered in and flelds still glad with gold— For these and all Thy great gifts manifold . .Others will praise Thee, Lord, without surcease, I fain would thank Thee, for a man of peace, ‘Who humbly wears Thy mantle—who would hold His stewardship, an emprise to release Man from Fear’s dark-garbed ghost, untamed of old; Letting Light rend their garmerts piace by piece. He would keep lit the blaze of Truth’s whits fare To. fall unsoftened on War’ 's hideous head: He would have Love be valiant to dare Fulfill the vision of our proud young Dead. And that we more may thank Thee, this I'd ask— “Help us to help Thy steward in his task!” to under- —LE